The comparison of nail and serum trace elements in patients with epilepsy and healthy subjects

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-104

  Ilhan, Atilla ^a   Özerol, Elif ^a   Güleç, Mukaddes ^a   Işik, Bünyamin ^b   Ilhan, Nevin ^c   Ilhan, Necip ^c   Akyol, Ömer ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Turkey)

^c FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Copper; Epilepsy; Manganese; Nail; Serum; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MANGANESE BLOOD LEVEL; MEASUREMENT; MIXED SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0346995103     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2003.09.025     Document Type: Article

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